Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Shields

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 4, 1927No. Appeal 323PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

The defendant Shields appeals from an order striking off a nolle prosequi entered by direction of the Court of Quarter Sessions after an appeal had been taken by the Commonwealth from the order directing its entry. See Com. v. Shields, 89 Pa. Superior Ct. 266. The appeal must he quashed as the order appealed from is interlocutory. The effect of such an order is very much like that ensuing on an order striking off judgment of non-suit in civil actions, which has been held not to be reviewable as error: Szmigel v. Director General, 266 Pa. 573; Heilman v. McKinstry, 18 Pa.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Heilman v. McKinstrySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
  2. Commonwealth v. WeberSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
  3. Szmigel v. Director General of RailroadsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Kline v. State Public School Building AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  2. Ginsburg v. Hilsdorf, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1965

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